http://amommyblogger.com Blogging and raising two kids in a mixed race family Sun, 21 Sep 2008 00:33:26 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I am ashamed to admit that last night was the first Back to School Night that we attended even though Denice and Duncan have been at their current school since they were 2 years old. I am glad we went though, because their desks would have looked woefully neglected if ... http://amommyblogger.com/2008/09/20/back-to-school-night/ I do not know how to swim, and Doug, for the past two summers have wanted me to enroll the kids for swim lessons. We spent much of this summer in Malaysia but there was no swimming classes available at the time we were in Malaysia. We bought a pair ... http://amommyblogger.com/2008/08/22/swimming-lessons/ Here are the cards, and a couple of hearts that the kids brought home from school today. Auntie Kathy, the kids' tutor, have helped them with something too. But I won't get to see them till Mother's Day. It's a surprise, say the kids! ... http://amommyblogger.com/2008/05/09/mothers-day-art/ Last week, when we were in Disneyland, not everything was enjoyable for Denice. Denice has always been very fearful of animals, and during that trip to Disneyland she did not want to go on any of the rides. The few that she got on, she did not realize ... http://amommyblogger.com/2008/05/02/fears-in-disneyland/ Did you see that controversial picture of Miley Cyrus? Miley is a beautiful 15-year-old with a fully developed woman's body. I blame her minder and her parents for allowing her to pose semi-topless. Miley may be 15-years-old, but she is fully conscious of her sexuality and not ... http://amommyblogger.com/2008/04/29/miley-cyrus-mis-step/ Some weeks ago I ordered some butterfly caterpillars from Insect Lore. Kathy, my kids tutor, thought it would be good for the kids to watch the different stages of a butterfly's growth. Kathy had already done the butterfly thing at the kindergarten she teaches, and already had most ... http://amommyblogger.com/2008/04/11/watch-the-butterflies-grow/ Last Friday, the kids had a special program at their school. Among the fun things they did were egg painting, Easter egg hunt, and made bunny ears. Here's Denice and Duncan with a classmate. The Easter eggs they painted at school. Duncan's is the dark pink one. At Church on Easter Sunday, ... http://amommyblogger.com/2008/03/24/easter-celebrations/ Does your child cough at night?  Even when he is not suffering from a cold? Duncan once had a cough that lasted more than a month.  He was not quite one year old at that time.  We tried giving him all kinds of cough mixtures but none helped his cough.  Finally, ... http://amommyblogger.com/2008/03/05/night-time-coughing/ We do not have pets except for two gold fish and twelve geese. We can't have a cat in the house because Doug is allergic to cats. We might keep a dog, a medium sized dog, maybe some time in the future. For now, I don't think we can ... http://amommyblogger.com/2008/02/26/fear-of-animals/ THESE trinkets may look harmless - but they are the secret symbols used by paedophiles to communicate with each other. The logos - etched into rings and coins and formed into pendants - have been sent to Scottish police by the FBI. The US crimebusters warn that child abusers use them to ... http://amommyblogger.com/2008/02/23/symbols-used-by-paedophiles/